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Blades-in turbine inspections at Quad Cities set new benchmark for Constellation
When Constellation decided to install replacement Alstom low-pressure turbines at three of its boiling water reactor plants more than 15 years ago, one benefit was knowing the new turbines should operate reliably—and without major inspections—for several years.
David N. Bixler, Steven A. Goldstein
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 646-651
Inertial Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29418
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The last five years have seen remarkable technical progress in the U.S. Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Program, sufficient to motivate the Congress to call for two comprehensive program reviews within that period. Encouraged by this progress, the Department of Energy (DOE) is directing the Laboratory Microfusion Capability (LMC) Study with the objectives of defining the next major facility of the program (the Laboratory Microfusion Facility, or LMF), and elucidating the issues around LMF development. This presentation reviews the progress of the LMC Study and discusses several current planning activities.
